88 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, Sess. 1. C11. 180,181,182, 183. 1870. bia where water taken from the United States aqueduct is used, and said taxes and rents shall be payable and collectible therein in the same manner and at the same rate as in the city of Washington for the year beginning January iirst eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for each _ subsequent year. _ _ _ _ _ .Q¤¤*¤}¤ MS Of Sec. 19. That the twenty-third section of the act of the legislatue $€2‘°‘;feu_“"°'“` assembly of the District of Columbia, entitled f‘An act 1HlPOSlIlg'.2, " pc license on trades, business, and professions practiced or carried ou in . the District or Columbia/’ approved August twenty third, eighteen hun- . dred and seventy-one, clauses twenty, and thirty-nve of the twenty first section of said act, and clause sixteen of said twenty-first section of said act as amended by the act amendatory thereof, approved June twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and all other laws and acts, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. . _ Approved, July 12, 1876. July 12, 1g;5_ CHAP. 181.-An act relative to the redemption of unused stamps. Be it enacted by the Sena-te and House of Representatives of the United 1By5_cu_36 §14 States of America in Congress assembled, That the fourteenth section of 18 Stat., o. 310: the act passed February eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-tive, en- ¤¢D¤¤i<=<l· titled “An act to amend existing customs and internal-revenue laws, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and all Ream tion 0 f unused stamps shall be redeemed when properly presented, as was done uuuuud u£,uuuu_ prlor to the passage of the aforesaid act: Provided, That from and after Allowance for the passage of this act no allowance shall be made for documentary d ¤ ¤ ¤ m wt ¤· ry stamps, except those of the denomination of two cents, which when pre- “*‘““P“· sented to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue are not found to be ln the same condition as when issued by the Internal Revenue Department, or, if so required by the said Commissioner, when the person presenting the same can not satisfactorily trace the history thereof from their issue to their presentation as aforesaid. _ Approved, July 12, 1876. · July 12, 1876. CHAP. 182.-An act to authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to purchase —-·—·——······—· supplies for the Indian Bureau in open market. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Arl>¤‘<>l>¢i=¤ti¤¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Indian Aiiairs be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase in open m};"jl;Q,§;;fS‘f;: market, without the usual advertisement, for immediate use of the In- 1,0, in uuuu umu_ dlan tribes, such supplies as are required to an extent, not exceeding Ret. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which is hereby appropriated for such purpose, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap- Post, p. 123. propriated, to serve until the regular appropriation bill shall be passed and approved, and the time now required by law for advertisement and acceptance of proposals shall have elapsed ; and such sums so expended Deduction from shall be deducted from the appropriate sums respectively appropriated regular apprepnis- underthe regular appropriation bill when passed. “°“· Approved, July 12, 1876. JH}? 12, 1876. CHAP. 183.-—An act to amend section fifty—i:ive hundred and forty-six of the Revised ——"¥_‘*_ Statutes of the United States providing for imprisonment and transfer of United ` States prisoners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R- S-, 5546. l>· States of America in Congress assembled, That section fifty-five hundred . 1°8°· “m“”“d· and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as followsn
